Swearing is NOT language. It is an expressive combinative communication.

• Curiously, the psycholinguists who classified these signals could not find an example of expressive combinative communication. But, I really believe I can supply one!

• You can judge for yourselves. The example I would give is swearing. This is NOT language. It is an expressive combinative communication.

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